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- Nationally, the biggest job gains are expected to come in high-paying
fields such as financial services, technology, health care, energy and
international business, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas'
annual employment forecast.
- Together, those fields could create 1.3 million positions this year
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- According to on-line job site Monster.com, the ten hot careers for 2006
are: computer programmer, occupational therapist, physiotherapist,
dental hygienist, employment counselor, electrical or electronics engineer,
financial manager, pharmacist, environmental engineer and personal
support worker.
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- Yahoo said it hired 880 employees in the third quarter in 2005, bringing
its work force to 9,660 employees. That's up 38 percent from the 7,022
employees on the company's payroll in the same period a year earlier.
- Intel employed 100,000 at the end of 2005, up from 85,000 at the end of
2004, according to CEO Paul Otellini.
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- Employers view certification as essential to a lifelong learning
process.
- MOS
- CIW
- A+
- Network+
- Security+
- Linux+
- i-Net+
- Server+
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- Most other government organizations have formed some type of group to
deal with cyber-terrorists. The CIA created its own group, the
Information Warfare Center, staffed with 1,000 people and a 24-hour
response team.
- The FBI investigates hackers and similar cases.
- The Secret Service pursues banking, fraud and wiretapping cases.
- The Air Force created its own group, Electronic Security Engineering
Teams, ESETs.
- Teams of two to three members go to random Air Force sites and try to
gain control of their computers.
- The teams have had a success rate of 30% in gaining complete control of
the systems.
- Local law enforcement agencies are also looking into establishing ranks
to deal with the issue.
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- Accident and crime scene reconstruction
- Administrative software
- Automated notification systems
- Biometrics software
- Booking software
- Case management
- Composite sketching
- Computer forensics
- Counterterrorism software
- Crime analysis software
- Evidence and forensic software
- Facial recognition
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- New film distribution methods, from the Internet to on-demand viewing
- Increasing use of digital displays and projectors for production and
exhibition
- Filmmaking processes requiring digital tools for everything from editing
to sound production.
- Widespread use of animation and 3D effects, even outside of the realm of
fantasy and sci-fi flicks
- Movie distribution beyond theaters and TV to smaller screens
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- Revised from presentation by Professor Corinne Hoisington, Central
Virginia Community College
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